Read Acts 1 Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach

Read Acts 1 The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost 1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.2 Suddenly a sound like

Read Acts 3 Peter Heals a Lame Beggar 1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three

Read Acts 4 Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin 1 The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter

Read Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira 1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s

Read Acts 6 The Choosing of the Seven In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against

Read Acts 7 Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin 1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?” 2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers,

Read Acts 8 1 And Saul approved of their killing him. The Church Persecuted and Scattered On that day a great persecution broke out against the

Read Acts 9 Saul’s Conversion 1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked

Read Acts 10 Cornelius Calls for Peter At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment.

Read Acts 11 Peter Explains His Actions 1 The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Read Acts 12 Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison 1 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to

Read Acts 13 1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers:Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought

Read Acts 14 In Iconium 1 At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great

Read Acts 15 The Council at Jerusalem 1 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according

Read Acts 16 Timothy Joins Paul and Silas 1 Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was

Read Acts 17 In Thessalonica 1 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish

Read Acts 18 In Corinth 1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus,

Read Acts 19 Paul in Ephesus 1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found

Read Acts 20 Through Macedonia and Greece 1 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set

Read Acts 21 On to Jerusalem 1 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The

Read Acts 22 1 “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.” 2 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then

Read Acts 23 1 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to

Read Acts 24 Paul’s Trial Before Felix 1 Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a

Read Acts 25 Paul’s Trial Before Festus 1 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, 2 where the chief priests

Read Acts 26 1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense:

Read Acts 27 Paul Sails for Rome 1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over

Read Acts 28 Paul Ashore on Malta 1 Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. 2 The islanders showed us unusual kindness.